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🤔️小作业：

1. What factor primarily contributed to the rise in corporate bankruptcies in 2023, as opposed to the economic conditions in 2020?

A) A decrease in consumer spending.

B) The introduction of new technologies.

C) Rising interest rates and wages.

D) A reduction in federal aid.

A) 639  B) 642

C) 462  D) 373

无注释原文：

2023 was a worse year for corporate bankruptcies than 2020—and the highest since the GFC—after a stunning 72% surge, S&P Global finds

From: FORTUNE, January 10, 2024

When much of the world's economy shut down after the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, businesses across the U.S. were on the ropes. In total, 639 U.S. corporations went bankrupt that year, according to an analysis by S&P Global. Despite the Federal Reserve slashing interest rates to near zero and Congress unveiling the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to help keep Main Street afloat, it was a disastrous year for American businesses.

But surprisingly, in 2023, rising interest rates and wages have led to even more bankruptcies than during the height of the pandemic among the U.S.'s biggest firms. There were 642 total corporate bankruptcy filings last year, a 13-year high, according to a new report from S&P Global. That's not only more than there were in 2020—when, as S&P Global notes, there was “a flurry of COVID-19 pandemic-related filings”—it's also 72% more bankruptcies than there were in 2022.

And the true carnage was even more dire than the statistics indicate, when you consider that S&P Global's methodology only factors in bankruptcies by public companies with assets and liabilities over $2 million, as well as private companies with assets and liabilities over $10 million.

Despite Wall Street's nearly consensus forecast for interest rate cuts and a soft landing (when inflation fades without a job-killing recession), S&P Global warned that corporations will face the same issues this year as they did in 2023. “Although investors expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates as early as March, companies will still have to contend with relatively high interest rates and robust wage growth in the near term,” they wrote Tuesday.

Joseph Acosta, a partner focused on bankruptcies at the international law firm Dorsey & Whitney, echoed those comments, warning it could be a tough year for many already ailing U.S. corporations. “In a high-interest-rate environment, where debt service obligations are rising, there are surely many other companies who simply won't be able to pay their bills like they used to,” he told Fortune.

That could mean 2024 features another slate of big name bankruptcies. Last year, the office leasing giant WeWork, the electric scooter company Bird Global, and the retailer Bed Bath & Beyond all filed for bankruptcy. A number of sectors, from office real estate to brick-and-mortar retailers, are now not only struggling with higher borrowing and wage costs, they're watching their industries change in front of them after the pandemic.

The rise of remote work as well as the shifting of supply chains and the birth of new technologies like AI after the pandemic have left some business models broken. Dorsey & Whitney's Acosta warned that he believes “we have not remotely finished seeing the wake of the pandemic and its effects on major industries.”

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为机器翻译并非一一对应，仅供参考

含注释全文：

2023 was a worse year for corporate bankruptcies than 2020—and the highest since the GFC—after a stunning 72% surge, S&P Global finds

From: FORTUNE, January 10, 2024

When much of the world's economy shut down after the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, businesses across the U.S. were on the ropes. In total, 639 U.S. corporations went bankrupt that year, according to an analysis by S&P Global. Despite the Federal Reserve slashing interest rates to near zero and Congress unveiling the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to help keep Main Street afloat, it was a disastrous year for American businesses.

2020年新冠肺炎疫情爆发后，全球经济大范围停摆，美国众多企业陷入困境。根据标普全球公司（S&P Global）的分析，当年共有639家美国公司破产。尽管美联储将利率降至接近于零，国会也公布了2.2万亿美元的《新冠病毒援助、救济和经济安全法案》以帮助维持小微企业的运营，但对美国企业来说，那依然是极为艰难的一年。

表示“处于困境；即将失败，即将完蛋；濒于失败”，英文解释为“doing badly and likely to fail”举个🌰：I think the business is finally on the ropes. 我觉得这家企业最终要垮掉了。

📍on the ropes这个短语来源于拳击运动。在拳击比赛中，如果一位拳击手受到对手的重击而退到拳击场边缘的绳索处，这通常意味着他正处于劣势或接近被击败的状态。因此，on the ropes原意是指拳击手被逼到了拳击场的绳索边缘，比喻处于困境、受压或接近失败的情形。随着时间的推移，这个短语被广泛引申到了体育之外的其他领域，用来形容一个人或组织处于困难或濒临失败的境地。

bankrupt /ˈbæŋ.krʌpt/ 表示“破产的，资不抵债的”，英文解释为“unable to pay what you owe, and having had control of your financial matters given, by a law court, to a person who sells your property to pay your debts”举个🌰：He went bankrupt after only a year in business. 仅仅做了一年的生意他就破产了。

📍词根“-rupt”表示"断裂"，前缀“bank-”来自意大利语"banca rotta"，字面意思是“破碎的桌子”，历史上商人在破产时会打破他们的交易桌。近义词：insolvent（无力偿债的），同根词：rupture（破裂），常用短语：declare bankrupt（宣布破产）

the Federal Reserve /ˌfed.ər.əl rɪˈzɜːv/ 表示“美国联邦储备系统（简称美联储，即美国中央银行）”，英文解释为“the central bank of the US”

slash /slæʃ/ 作名词，表示“斜线号，斜杠”，英文解释为“the symbol / used in writing to separate letters, numbers, or words”举个🌰：You often write a slash between alternatives, for example, "and/or". 通常在选择项之间会加斜线号，比如“和/或”。

作动词，1）表示“（用刀、剑等）猛削，劈，砍”，英文解释为“to cut or try to cut something violently with a knife, sword etc”举个🌰：Someone had slashed the tires. 有人把轮胎割破了。

2）表示“大幅削减，大幅减少（金钱、工作等）”，英文解释为“to very much reduce something, such as money or jobs”举个🌰：Prices have been slashed by 50 percent! 价格直降50%！

congress /ˈkɒŋ.ɡres/ 1）表示“代表大会”，英文解释为“a large formal meeting of representatives from countries or societies at which ideas are discussed and information is exchanged”如：an international/medical congress 国际/医学代表大会。

2）Congress表示“（美国）国会”，英文解释为“the elected group of politicians in the US who are responsible for making the law, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives”

unveil /ʌnˈveɪl/ 1）表示“ 为…揭幕；揭开…上的覆盖物；拉开…的帷幔”，英文解释为“to remove a cover or curtain from a painting, statue, etc. so that it can be seen in public for the first time”举个🌰：She unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of the hospital. 她主持揭幕式，标志着医院正式启用。

2）表示“（首次）展示，介绍，推出；将…公之于众”，英文解释为“to show or introduce a new plan, product, etc. to the public for the first time”举个🌰：They will be unveiling their new models at the Motor Show. 他们将在汽车大展上首次推出自己的新型汽车。

🎬电影《复仇者联盟1》（The Avengers）中的台词提到：We look beyond the Earth to the greater worlds the Tesseract will unveil. 而我们则放眼地球之外 那些将被宇宙魔方开启的更广博的世界。

🎬电影《超人高校》（Sky High）中的台词提到：We can't unveil the Stronghold Three without Will. 我们不能在威尔（Will）不在场时 向大家介绍斯特朗霍德三侠（Stronghold Three）。

main street /ˌmeɪn ˈstriːt/ 1）表示“（位于重要商业区的）大街，商业街”，英文解释为“a street where the most important stores and businesses in a town are”

2）Main Street表示“普通大众（用来指普通美国人或典型的美国生活）；小市民；典型的美国中产阶级”，英文解释为“a way of talking about about average Americans and the most typical things about American life; typical middle-class Americans”如：a Main Street jobs program 一个为普通大众制定的就业项目。

afloat /əˈfləʊt/ 1）表示“（在水中）漂浮的”，英文解释为“floating on water”举个🌰：She spent seven days afloat on a raft. 她在一只木筏上漂流了7天。

2）表示“有偿债能力的；经济上周转得开的”，英文解释为“having enough money to pay what you owe”举个🌰：Many small businesses are struggling to stay/keep afloat. 许多小企业惨淡维持经营。

But surprisingly, in 2023, rising interest rates and wages have led to even more bankruptcies than during the height of the pandemic among the U.S.'s biggest firms. There were 642 total corporate bankruptcy filings last year, a 13-year high, according to a new report from S&P Global. That's not only more than there were in 2020—when, as S&P Global notes, there was “a flurry of COVID-19 pandemic-related filings”—it's also 72% more bankruptcies than there were in 2022.

但出人意料的是，在2023年，利率和工资上涨导致了美国最大公司中的破产数比疫情最严重时期的还要多。标普全球的一份新报告显示，去年共有642家公司申请破产，创下了13年来的新高。正如标普全球公司所指出的，这一数字不仅超越了2020年，当年“出现了一系列与疫情相关的破产申请”，而且也比2022年多72%。

file作动词，1）表示“提起（诉讼）；提出（申请）；送交（备案）”，英文解释为“to present sth so that it can be officially recorded and dealt with”如：to file for divorce 提交离婚申请书，to file a claim/complaint/petition/lawsuit 提出索赔/申诉；呈交诉状；提起诉讼。

2）表示“排成纵队行进”，英文解释为“to walk in a line, one behind another”举个🌰：The visitors filed through the entrance to the ticket offices. 参观者们排队通过入口走向售票处。

📍File本身可以表示按一定顺序排列，所以file out of就是以这样的顺序退出某处，表示以有序、整齐的方式离开某个地方。举个🌰：The students filed out of the classroom after the bell rang. 铃声响起后，学生们有序地离开了教室。

📍filing /ˈfaɪ.lɪŋ/ 表示“存档，归档”，英文解释为“the activity of putting documents, electronic information, etc. into files”如：a filing cabinet 文件柜，或者表示“存档档案，归档记录”，英文解释为“an official record of something”如：a bankruptcy filing 破产档案。

flurry /ˈflʌr.i/ 1）表示“一阵忙乱（或激动、关注）”，英文解释为“a sudden, short period of activity, excitement, or interest”举个🌰：The prince's words on marriage have prompted a flurry of speculation in the press this week. 本周王子就结婚问题所说的话引起新闻界一片猜测。

2）表示“小阵雪（或雨等）”，英文解释为“a small amount of snow, rain, etc. that falls for a short time and then stops”如：snow flurries 小雪阵阵，flurries of snow 阵阵小雪。

📍这个词来源于“flurr”，意味着“轻微的风”或“突然的小雪”，用来形容“一阵繁忙”或“一阵风雪”。想象新项目宣布后引发了一阵忙碌。联想宫殿：在宫殿的一个房间，你看到人们在新项目宣布后忙碌起来，就像“一阵风雪”般突然。近义词：burst（爆发），常用短语：in a flurry（匆忙地）

And the true carnage was even more dire than the statistics indicate, when you consider that S&P Global's methodology only factors in bankruptcies by public companies with assets and liabilities over $2 million, as well as private companies with assets and liabilities over $10 million.

考虑到标普全球公司统计破产情况只涉及资产和负债超过200万美元的上市公司以及资产和负债超过1,000万美元的私营公司，真实情况比这些统计数据所反映的还要严重。

The true carnage was even more dire than the statistics indicate. 这个主干简单明了，表达了实际情况比统计数字显示的更为严重。

when you consider that ……引导的是一个时间状语从句，但在这里更多的是提供一个考虑或评估的条件，即在考虑以下条件时，实际情况比统计数字显示的更为严重。

S&P Global's methodology only factors in bankruptcies by public companies with assets and liabilities over $2 million, as well as private companies with assets and liabilities over $10 million 详细说明了S&P Global在统计破产情况时所使用的方法，即只考虑资产和负债超过200万美元的上市公司和资产及负债超过1000万美元的私营公司的破产情况。

仿写：

📍And the overall impact was even more significant than initial reports suggested, when you consider that the analysis only included cases reported by hospitals with capacity for more than 100 patients, as well as clinics with the ability to perform advanced diagnostic tests. 当你考虑到这项分析仅包括了拥有超过100名病人容量的医院和能够进行高级诊断测试的诊所报告的案例时，总体影响比最初的报告所暗示的要更加显著。

carnage /ˈkɑː.nɪdʒ/表示“（尤指战争中的）大屠杀，残杀；艰难的局势”，英文解释为“when a lot of people are killed and injured, especially in a war”，如：a scene of terrible carnage 可怕的大屠杀场面。

📍这个词来自法语“carnage”，源于拉丁语“caro”（肉），意味着“大量的肉”，引申为“大屠杀”或“大量杀戮”。想象战斗结束后，成千上万的士兵死去，场面极其惨烈。近义词：massacre（屠杀），同根词：carnal（肉体的），常用短语：scene of carnage（杀戮现场）

dire /daɪər/ 表示“严重的；危急的；极端的”，英文解释为“very serious or extreme”，如：living in dire poverty 生活赤贫，dire warnings/threats 严重的警告/威胁，举个🌰：These people are in dire need of help. 这些人急需援助。

📍这个词来自拉丁语“dirus”，意味着“可怕的”。用来形容“极其严重的”或“可怕的”情况。想象一个国家急需食物和医疗用品的情况。近义词：grave（严重的），常用短语：dire consequences（严重后果）

statistic /stəˈtɪs.tɪk/ 复数 statistics 表示“统计数据；统计资料”，英文解释为“information based on a study of the number of times something happens or is present, or other numerical facts”举个🌰：Statistics show/suggest that women live longer than men. 统计资料显示女性比男性寿命长。

📍这个词来自“statistic”，源于德语“Statistik”，最初意味着“国家的数据”，现在用来指“统计数据”。近义词：data（数据），同根词：statistical（统计的），常用短语：statistic analysis（统计分析）。

methodology /ˌmeθ.əˈdɒl.ə.dʒi/ 表示“一套方法；方法论；教学法”，英文解释为“a system of ways of doing, teaching, or studying something”举个🌰：The methodology and findings of the research team have been criticized. 这个研究小组的研究方法和研究结果受到了批评。

📍这个词由“method”（方法）和后缀“-ology”（学科，论）组成，表示“方法的研究或论述”。近义词：approach（方法），同根词：method（方法），常用短语：research methodology（研究方法）

factor something in / factor something into something 表示“把…因素包括进去”，英文解释为“to include something when you are doing a calculation, or when you are trying to understand something”举个🌰：The age of the patients and their overall health must be factored into the results. 在评价治疗效果时，必须将患者的年龄和他们的整体健康状况等因素考虑进去。

liability /ˌlaɪ.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ 不可数名词，表示“（法律上对某事物的）责任，义务”，英文解释为“the fact that someone is legally responsible for something”举个🌰：He denies any liability for the damage caused. 他对造成的损失拒绝承担任何责任。

可数名词，表示“累赘；惹麻烦的人（或事）”，英文解释为“If you say that someone or something is a liability, you mean that they cause a lot of problems or embarrassment.”

通常用复数，liabilities表示“债务，负债”，英文解释为“debts”举个🌰：The business has liabilities of 2 million euros. 该公司负债达200万欧元。

📍tax liability 表示“纳税义务；税务责任：个人或企业必须支付的税款金额”，英文解释为“an amount of tax that a person or business must pay；a situation in which tax must be paid on something”

📍这个词来自“liable”（有责任的），表示“承担责任或负债的状态”。近义词：debt（债务），同根词：liable（有责任的），常用短语：limited liability（有限责任）

Despite Wall Street's nearly consensus forecast for interest rate cuts and a soft landing (when inflation fades without a job-killing recession), S&P Global warned that corporations will face the same issues this year as they did in 2023. “Although investors expect the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates as early as March, companies will still have to contend with relatively high interest rates and robust wage growth in the near term,” they wrote Tuesday.

尽管华尔街几乎一致地预测利率将下调，并且经济将实现软着陆（即在避免引发失业的经济衰退的情况下减缓通胀），但标普全球公司警告称，企业今年将面临与2023年相同的挑战。标普全球公司周二指出：“尽管投资者预计美联储最早将于3月降息，但公司在短期内仍将不得不应对相对较高的利率和强劲的工资增长问题。”

consensus /kənˈsen.səs/ 表示“一致的意见；共识”，英文解释为“a generally accepted opinion or decision among a group of people”举个🌰：The general consensus in the office is that he can't do his job. 办公室成员一致认为他无法胜任工作。

📍这个词来自拉丁语“consensus”，意味着“共同感觉”或“一致同意”。近义词：agreement（协议），同根词：consent（同意），常用短语：build consensus（建立共识）

forecast /ˈfɔː.kɑːst/ 可以作名词，也可作动词，表示“预测；预报”，英文解释为“to say what you expect to happen in the future”举个🌰：Snow has been forecast for tonight. 预报今晚有雪。

📍这个词由“fore-”（前面的）和“cast”（投，抛）组成，表示“向前投掷”的意思，引申为“预测”。近义词：prediction（预言），同根词：forecaster（预报员），常用短语：weather forecast（天气预报）

soft landing /ˌsɒft ˈlæn.dɪŋ/ 表示“软着陆”，英文解释为“an occasion when a person or vehicle comes down from the air to the ground without difficulty or damage”

📍经济软着陆是一个经济学术语。当国民经济的运行经过一段过度扩张之后，超出了其潜在增长能力，打破了正常的均衡，于是经济增长率将回落。“软着陆”即是一种回落方式。

inflation /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/ 表示“通货膨胀”，英文解释为“a general, continuous increase in prices”如：high/low inflation 高/低通货膨胀。

📍这个词来自拉丁语“inflatio”，意味着“膨胀”。在经济学中，表示货币供应增加导致的商品和服务价格普遍上升。联想宫殿：在宫殿的一个房间，你看到一个图表显示价格上升，旁边是政府提高利率的决策，以控制“通货膨胀”。近义词：price rise（价格上升），同根词：inflate（膨胀），常用短语：combat inflation（抗击通货膨胀）

fade /feɪd/ 作动词，1）表示“（使）褪色；（使）变暗；（使）衰弱”，英文解释为“to (cause to) lose colour, brightness, or strength gradually”举个🌰：If you hang your clothes out in the bright sun, they will fade. 衣服挂在光线强的地方晾晒会褪色。

2）表示“逐渐消逝；逐渐消失”，英文解释为“to disappear gradually”举个🌰：Her smile faded. 她的笑容逐渐消失。

📍在理发行业，“fade”指渐变式发型，通常用于描述极短或几乎剃光的发型，其中头发的长度从顶部到底部（通常是耳朵以下，包括两鬓和颈后）逐渐变短，最后接近或完全剃光。Fade发型可以进一步分为多种类型，包括低fade，中fade和高fade，这取决于fade开始的位置。

recession /rɪˈseʃ.ən/ 表示“（经济）衰退期”，英文解释为“a period when the economy of a country is not successful and conditions for business are bad”举个🌰：The country is sliding into the depths of (a) recession. 这个国家一步步滑入经济衰退的谷底。

📍这个词来自拉丁语“recessio”，意味着“后退”。在经济学中，表示经济活动减缓，通常伴随着生产下降、就业减少。近义词：downturn（下降），同根词：recede（后退），常用短语：enter a recession（进入衰退期）

📍contend with 表示“必须处理，必须应对（困境或不愉快的事）”，英文解释为“to have to deal with a difficult or unpleasant situation”举个🌰：At the age of nine, he had the death of both parents to contend with. 9岁时他就不得不面对父母双亡这一境况。

contend /kənˈtend/ 1）表示“竞争；争夺”，英文解释为“to compete in order to win something”举个🌰：There are three world-class tennis players contending for this title. 有3位世界顶级网球选手争夺这项冠军。

2）表示“（尤指在争论中）声称，主张，认为”，英文解释为“to say that sth is true, especially in an argument”举个🌰：I would contend that his thinking is flawed on this point. 我倒认为他的想法在这一点上有漏洞。

robust /rəʊˈbʌst/ 表示“（人或动物）强壮的，茁壮的；（东西或系统）坚固的，耐用的，结实的；强劲的；富有活力的；强健的；强壮的”，英文解释为“(of a person or animal) strong and healthy, or (of an object or system) strong and unlikely to break or fail”举个🌰：He looks robust and healthy enough. 他看起来非常强壮健康。

📍这个词来自拉丁语“robustus”，意味着“强壮的”。用来形容结构“坚固”的或系统“强健”的。想象新软件更加“强健”，出现问题更少。近义词：sturdy（结实的），同根词：robustness（强健），常用短语：robust system（强健的系统）

Joseph Acosta, a partner focused on bankruptcies at the international law firm Dorsey & Whitney, echoed those comments, warning it could be a tough year for many already ailing U.S. corporations. “In a high-interest-rate environment, where debt service obligations are rising, there are surely many other companies who simply won't be able to pay their bills like they used to,” he told Fortune.

国际德汇律师事务所（Dorsey & Whitney）负责破产事务的合伙人约瑟夫·阿科斯塔（Joseph Acosta）也发表了同样的看法，他警告称，对于许多已经陷入困境的美国公司来说，今年可能是艰难的一年。他在接受《财富》杂志采访时表示：“在高利率环境下，偿债义务不断增加，无疑还有众多公司将难以像往常一样支付账单。”

echo /ˈek.əʊ/ 作动词，1）表示“重复，附和；使产生似曾相识的感觉”，英文解释为“If you echo someone's words, you repeat them or express agreement with their attitude or opinion.”举个🌰：Their views often echo each other. 他们的见解常常彼此附和。

2）表示“回响；发出回声；响起回声”，英文解释为“If a sound echoes or a place echoes with a sound, you hear the sound again because you are in a large, empty space.”举个🌰：The sound of footsteps echoed around the hall. 脚步声在大厅里回荡。

作名词，1）表示“回声，回音，回响”，英文解释为“a sound that is heard after it has been reflected off a surface such as a wall or a cliff”举个🌰：The echoes of his scream sounded in the cave for several seconds. 他的尖叫声在洞中回荡了好几秒钟。

2）表示“十分相似的东西；如出一辙的事物；仿效”，英文解释为“a detail that is similar to and makes you remember something else”举个🌰：There are echoes of Mozart in her first piano compositions. 她最早创作的钢琴曲有些地方模仿了莫扎特。

📍这个词来自希腊神话中的回声女神“Echo”，她因爱上纳西索斯而被诅咒，只能重复别人的话。用来形容声音在空旷的地方“反弹”或“重复”。近义词：reverberation（回响），同根词：echolocation（回声定位），常用短语：echo in one's mind（在某人心中回响）

ailing /ˈeɪ.lɪŋ/ 1）表示“境况不佳的，处境困难的；不景气的”，英文解释为“experiencing difficulty and problems”如：the country's ailing economy 该国不景气的经济。

2）表示“生病的，身体不佳的”，英文解释为“weak and suffering from illness”举个🌰：He's visiting his ailing father. 他去探望病中的父亲。

📍这个词来自“ail”（生病），表示“有疾病的”或“不健康的”。近义词：sickly（病弱的），同根词：ailment（疾病），常用短语：an ailing industry（一个衰弱的行业）

obligation /ˌɒb.lɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“义务；责任；职责”，英文解释为“the fact that you are obliged to do something”举个🌰：If you have not signed a contract, you are under no obligation to (= it is not necessary to) pay them any money. 如果你没有签合同，你就没有义务付给他们钱。

这个词来自拉丁语“obligatio”，意味着“绑定”或“约束”。用来形容由法律、道德或约定产生的“责任”或“义务”。近义词：duty（职责），同根词：oblige（迫使），常用短语：fulfill an obligation（履行义务）

That could mean 2024 features another slate of big name bankruptcies. Last year, the office leasing giant WeWork, the electric scooter company Bird Global, and the retailer Bed Bath & Beyond all filed for bankruptcy. A number of sectors, from office real estate to brick-and-mortar retailers, are now not only struggling with higher borrowing and wage costs, they're watching their industries change in front of them after the pandemic.

这可能意味着2024年将再次见证一系列知名企业的破产。去年，办公室租赁巨头WeWork、电动滑板车公司Bird Global和零售商Bed Bath & Beyond都申请了破产。从写字楼房地产到实体零售商，许多行业现在不仅要面对更高的借贷成本和工资支出，还要应对疫情后行业变革带来的挑战。

feature /ˈfiː.tʃər/ 1）作名词，原意表示“特色；特征；特点，功能”，英文解释为“something important, interesting or typical of a place or thing”，此前在iOS 14来了!文中就出现了多次的feature，介绍iOS 14各种新功能，新特点，举个🌰：Which features do you look for when choosing a car? 你挑选轿车时要着重哪些特点？

2）feature = feature film表示“（电影）故事片，正片”，英文解释为“a film that is usually 90 or more minutes long”

3）feature作动词，表示“以…为特色；由…主演；以…为主要组成”，英文解释为“to include a particular person or thing as a special feature”，作动词往往可以理解为“有...”（功能/特色），举个🌰：Many of the hotels featured in the brochure offer special deals for weekend breaks. 小册子列举的多家旅馆都有周末假日特别优待。The film features Cary Grant as a professor. 这部电影由卡里·格兰特饰演一位教授。

📍在英文歌中会经常看到这种说法，xxxa feat. xxxb，此处feat.实际上就是feature的缩写，大概意思是歌曲中穿插另外一个人的演唱或表演，xxxa和xxxb共同演绎，合作演出。据百度百科，feat.的是后面这个歌手（或者组合）他在这首单曲里面或者这张专辑里面并不是主角，前面那个人才是这首歌的灵魂或者主人。

slate /sleɪt/ 作动词，表示“预定；计划；安排”，英文解释为“to plan that sth will happen at a particular time in the future”举个🌰：The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago. 这些房子在五年前就确定要拆除了。

📺英剧《追影逐凶》（Chasing Shadows）中的台词提到：There was another boy that was found in a building that was slated for demolition. 另外还有个男孩也是在一座确定要被拆除的建筑里被人发现的。

slate /sleɪt/ 作名词，可以表示“候选名单；（尤指在政治活动中的）候选人名单”，英文解释为“a list of people who are being considered for a particular job or position, especially in politics”举个🌰：His novel was chosen from a slate of ten finalists. 他的小说是从十篇最终候选作品中选出的。

📍这个词原本指“石板”，用于写字或覆盖屋顶，后来引申为“候选人名单”。联想宫殿：在宫殿的一个房间，你看到一块石板，上面刻着即将参加选举的“候选人名单”。近义词：roster（名册），同根词：slated（被安排的），常用短语：clean slate（白纸一张，无过错记录）

big name /ˌbɪɡ ˈneɪm/ 表示“名人；重要人物”，英文解释为“a famous or important person”举个🌰：Are there any big names in the movie? 这部电影里有大明星吗？

lease /liːs/ 表示“租借，租用”，英文解释为“to make a legal agreement by which money is paid in order to use land, a building, a vehicle, or a piece of equipment for an agreed period of time”举个🌰：The building's 60 units are currently leased to students of the university. 这栋楼里的60个单元目前租给了这间大学的学生。

这个词源于古法语“leser”，意味着“让给”，用来形容“租赁”的法律协议。近义词：rent（租金），同根词：lessor（出租人），常用短语：sign a lease（签订租约）

giant /ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/表示“巨头，大公司”，英文解释为“Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country.”如：Japanese electronics giant, Sony 日本的电子业巨头——索尼公司。

📍这个词来自希腊神话中的“巨人”（Gigantes），表示在某个领域或行业内非常强大或巨大的实体。

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📍mogul /ˈməʊɡəl/表示“（尤指新闻、影视界的）大人物；大亨”，英文解释为“A mogul is an important, rich, and powerful businessman, especially one in the news, film, or television industry.”如：an international media mogul一位国际传媒大亨。

📍magnate /ˈmæɡneɪt, -nɪt/ 表示“大亨，巨头”，英文解释为“a rich and powerful person in industry or business”。

📍tycoon /taɪˈkuːn/ 表示“巨头，大亨（工商界）”，英文解释为“someone who is successful in business or industry and has a lot of money and power”如：property tycoon 房地产大亨。

📍conglomerate /kənˈglɒmərɪt/ 表示“联合大公司；企业集团”，英文解释为“A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.”如：the world's second-largest media conglomerate 世界第二大传媒集团。

📍behemoth /ˈbiːhɪmɒθ/ 表示“巨头（指规模庞大、实力雄厚的公司或机构）”，英文解释为“a very big and powerful company or organization”。

📍titan /ˈtaɪ.tən/表示“巨人；巨头”，英文解释为“If you describe someone as a titan of a particular field, you mean that they are very important and powerful or successful in that field.”

可以指“小型摩托车”英文解释为“A scooter is a small light motorcycle which has a low seat.”也可以指“踏板车，滑板车”，英文解释为“A scooter is a type of child's bicycle which has two wheels joined by a wooden board and a handle on a long pole attached to the front wheel. The child stands on the board with one foot, and uses the other foot to move forward.”

📍这个词来自“scoot”，意味着“快速滑行”。用来形容一种轻便的交通工具，特别是在城市地区用于短途出行的“电动滑板车”。近义词：moped（机动脚踏两用车），同根词：scoot（快速滑行），常用短语：ride a scooter（骑滑板车）

📍2018年，经济学人一篇讲述电动滑板车兴起的文章就用的“e-scooters”来表达。

retailer /ˈriː.teɪ.lər/ 表示“零售商；零售店”，英文解释为“a person, shop, or business that sells goods to the public”如：a big electronics retailer 大型电子产品零售店。

brick-and-mortar /ˌbrɪk.ənˈmɔː.tər/ 表示“（商店等）实体的”，英文解释为“existing as a physical building, especially a shop, rather than doing business only on the internet”如：a brick-and-mortar retailer 实体零售店，brick-and-mortar bookstores 实体书店。

📍由“brick”（砖）和“mortar”（灰泥）组成，直接指建筑材料，引申为实体店铺或公司使用的传统建筑。联想宫殿：在宫殿的一个商业区，你看到一些用砖和灰泥建造的“实体店铺”。近义词：physical store（实体店），常用短语：brick-and-mortar business（实体业务）

The rise of remote work as well as the shifting of supply chains and the birth of new technologies like AI after the pandemic have left some business models broken. Dorsey & Whitney's Acosta warned that he believes “we have not remotely finished seeing the wake of the pandemic and its effects on major industries.”

疫情后，远程工作的兴起、供应链的调整以及人工智能等新技术的诞生，导致一些商业模式被打破。德汇律师事务所的约瑟夫·阿科斯塔警告称，他认为“我们还远远没有看清疫情的余波及其对主要行业的影响。”

wake /weɪk/ 作名词，1）表示“（航行的船只等留下的）尾流，航迹”，英文解释为“the waves that a moving ship or object leaves behind”举个🌰：The wake spread out in a v-shape behind the ship. 轮船的航迹呈V字形在船后扩散开来。

2）表示“（葬礼前后的）守灵，守夜”，英文解释为“an occasion when the family and friends of a dead person meet in order to look at the dead body the night before it is buried, or when they meet after a dead person has been buried to drink and talk about the person's life”

📍这个词在海洋或航海中指船只或其他物体在水中行进留下的“尾流”，在日常用语中也指“醒来”。联想宫殿：在宫殿附近的湖面上，你看到一艘船快速驶离时留下的“尾流”在阳光下闪耀。 近义词：trail（轨迹），同根词：awake（醒着的），常用短语：in the wake of（在...之后）

📍in the wake of表示“作为…的后果；随…之后而来”，英文解释为“If something happens in the wake of something else, it happens after and often because of it.”举个🌰：Airport security was extra tight in the wake of yesterday's attacks. 昨天的袭击发生之后，机场安检变得格外严格。

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